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How to pronounce profitability in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms gainfulness, lucrativeness, profitableness
Type of gain, profit
Derivation profitable

Examples of profitability

profitability
The moves boosted Japan's profitability but severely crippled its labor markets.
From the businessweek.com
This employee would be eligible for performance based and profitability bonuses.
From the jobview.monster.com
Profitability, shareholder value and remaining competitive are vital, Hess said.
From the dailyherald.com
When revenues fall, cutting expenses becomes necessary to restore profitability.
From the denverpost.com
Profitability for most Web retailers grew nicely in 2008, defying the recession.
From the newsobserver.com
What's more, long-term profitability in the airline industry has proven elusive.
From the usatoday.com
They're great metrics to help evaluate the profitability and value of a company.
From the businessweek.com
Delayed product launches and growing operating expenses have hurt profitability.
From the foxbusiness.com
The new office has fitted in well within the group and is trading profitability.
From the hemscott.com
More examples
  • Profitableness: the quality of affording gain or benefit or profit
  • (profitably) productively: in a productive way; "they worked together productively for two years"
  • (Profitable) Sales are greater than costs and expenses.
  • (Profitable) In order to be both viable for the franchisor and attractive to franchisees, a business must be capable of generating enough profit to provide a 15% return or more on the franchisee's investment plus a respectable salary for the owner/manager. ...
  • (Profitable) yielding profit; advantageous or lucrative. (The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition) return to top
  • (profitable) bringing advantage or monetary gain
  • When operating income is greater than adjusted operating expenses
  • The amount of money an individual earns for a work activity from employment or self-employment. Profitability is always assessed in conjunction with performance and productivity.
  • Profitability is a technical analysis term used to compare performances of different investments (namely the investments made in WHP programs) within one system.Module 10